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Article #8383Re: zero dimensional particles with mass
From: Dries van Oosten
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 00:00
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 00:00
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On Sun, 23 Mar 1997, Anthony Potts wrote:
> On 23 Mar 1997, Haplo wrote:
>
> > >
> > This is not right. The quantum theorie clearly states that you cannot
> > know the exact location and velocity of a particle at the same time
> > (at least not precisely. If you know one very accurate, the other gets
> > almost unpredictable)
>
> But we are dealing with absolutely huge momenta. The larger the momentum,
> the smaller the uncertainty in size. So far, we have dropped the size down
> below 10^-18 metres, or thereabouts (whatever a hundred or so GeV is
> equivalent to)
I get your point, but a large momentum says nothing about the uncertainty
in momentum.
>
> > If it would be points, you would know both of those at the same time.
>
> Again, you are incorrect here. Something can be a point, yet its position
> can still be uncertain.
>
Agreed.
>
> Anthony Potts
>
> CERN, Geneva
>
>
>
Dries van Oosten
Eat any good books lately?
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